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From: ramon garcia <>
Subject: Re: [IAALLAMA-L] recipe spam
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:07:18 -0500


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Roxanne L Barth wrote:

> Rootsweb tries--and is usually successful--to block spam from reaching the
> mailing lists. As the list owner, I receive a message every time spam is
> blocked and it's amazing at how many spam messages are sent. Most of the
> messages are pornographic in nature. Before the block was put on, spammers
> managed to knock out the server, causing inconvenience and damage to the
> computers which was costly both in time and money. The recent recipe spam
> offered a link to an anti-spam bill, however, the last segment on the url
> is bad. How convenient that our spammer sent the url incorrectly. If you
> remove the last segment of the url, s771index.html, you will receive the
> following message:
>
> A statement from Senator Frank Murkowski
>
> If you have been directed to this page, you have probably received spam
> from an Internet marketer. I was the author of anti-spam legislation in the
> 105th Congress since I believe that spam is a burden upon citizens who use
> the Internet. Although my bill passed the Senate, the House of
> Representatives took a different view of the issue by merely recommending
> self-regulation. Ultimately no legislation was adopted into law. I will
> shortly be re-introducing similar anti-spam legislation in the 106th
> Congress.
>
> If the spam you received contains illegal and/or offensive material, I
> encourage you to forward the spam to the Federal Trade Commission at
> . The FTC is beginning to take legal action against these
> abusers of the Internet and is seeking examples of spam to initiate its
> investigations and prosecutions.
>
> Spam is a burden that needs to end. I look forward to seeing the day that
> this occurs.
>
> Thank you,
> Senator Frank Murkowski
> U.S. Senate
>
> Roxanne
>
> Roxanne L Barth UW-Madison mailto:
>
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>
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